Category: TheHackerNews

Malicious NuGet Package
26
Mar
2024

Malicious NuGet Package Linked to Industrial Espionage Targets Developers

Mar 26, 2024NewsroomIndustrial Espionage / Threat Intelligence Threat hunters have identified a suspicious package in the NuGet package manager that’s…

Minecraft Servers DDoS Attacks
26
Mar
2024

Defending Minecraft Servers Against DDoS Attacks

Minecraft, with over 500 million registered users and 166 million monthly players, faces significant risks from distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks,…

Cyber Espionage
26
Mar
2024

U.S. Charges 7 Chinese Nationals in Major 14-Year Cyber Espionage Operation

The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) on Monday unsealed indictments against seven Chinese nationals for their involvement in a hacking…

Sanctions 3 Cryptocurrency Exchanges
26
Mar
2024

U.S. Sanctions 3 Cryptocurrency Exchanges for Helping Russia Evade Sanctions

Mar 26, 2024NewsroomMoney Laundering / Digital Currency The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned…

CISA Alert
26
Mar
2024

CISA Alerts on Active Exploitation of Flaws in Fortinet, Ivanti, and Nice Products

Mar 26, 2024NewsroomCyber Attack / Vulnerability The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Monday placed three security flaws…

Key Lesson from Microsoft's Password Spray Hack: Secure Every Account
25
Mar
2024

Key Lesson from Microsoft’s Password Spray Hack: Secure Every Account

Mar 25, 2024The Hacker NewsData Breach / Password Security In January 2024, Microsoft discovered they’d been the victim of a…

Hackers Hijack GitHub Accounts in Supply Chain Attack Affecting Top-gg and Others
25
Mar
2024

Hackers Hijack GitHub Accounts in Supply Chain Attack Affecting Top-gg and Others

Mar 25, 2024NewsroomSupply Chain Attack / Cryptocurrency Unidentified adversaries orchestrated a sophisticated attack campaign that has impacted several individual developers…

Apple Vulnerability
25
Mar
2024

New “GoFetch” Vulnerability in Apple M-Series Chips Leaks Secret Encryption Keys

A new security shortcoming discovered in Apple M-series chips could be exploited to extract secret keys used during cryptographic operations….

Phishing Attacks
25
Mar
2024

Iran-Linked MuddyWater Deploys Atera for Surveillance in Phishing Attacks

Mar 25, 2024NewsroomCyber Espionage / Email Security The Iran-affiliated threat actor tracked as MuddyWater (aka Mango Sandstorm or TA450) has…

Compiled HTML Help Files
24
Mar
2024

N. Korea-linked Kimsuky Shifts to Compiled HTML Help Files in Ongoing Cyberattacks

Mar 24, 2024NewsroomArtificial Intelligence / Cyber Espionage The North Korea-linked threat actor known as Kimsuky (aka Black Banshee, Emerald Sleet,…

Nemesis Market
24
Mar
2024

German Police Seize ‘Nemesis Market’ in Major International Darknet Raid

Mar 24, 2024NewsroomRansomware / Threat Intelligence German authorities have announced the takedown of an illicit underground marketplace called Nemesis Market…

Malware
23
Mar
2024

Russian Hackers Use ‘WINELOADER’ Malware to Target German Political Parties

Mar 23, 2024NewsroomCyber Espionage / Cyber Warfare The WINELOADER backdoor used in recent cyber attacks targeting diplomatic entities with wine-tasting…